Leather dressing



- Petroleum elly Patented Mar. .1, 1932 UNITED STATES JAMES W. M. SKINNER, 0F FLATTS, BERMUDA, W'ES'I' INDIEB LEATHER DRESSING No Drawing.

The present invention relates to a dressing to be used to preserve materials, particularly leather goods of all descriptions, and other materials of a like nature.

The dressing of the present invention, not only acts as a preservative of the leather or material, but tends to renew its elasticity and softness and prevent wear and cracking.

Leather dressings are usually applied to leather by rubbing the dressing into the leather. Leather dressings of this type are sometimes applied with water in which case a lather is worked up and into the leather. While dressings of this type are quite successful, I have found that they must be frequently applied if it is desired to keep the leather in good condition, and further, that it takes considerable time to do a good piece of work in treating the leather properly.

This is probably due to the fact that the dressing does not work well into the pores of the leather, and that when it does set in the porgs, it is rapidly driven out as the leather is use In the present invention, the dressing is complete in itself, and rapidly works into the pores of the leather with little or no rubbing. This, I believe is due to the combination of soap, petroleum jelly, and other materials making up the dressing. The oils and grease easily enter the poresof the leather, and the soap furnishes the structure and body to keep them there.

In order to have the best effect, the soap should be boiled with the other ingredients.

I have found that the following ingredients should be used, approximately in the following proportions.

Beef tallow Per cent /2 White soap or white flake soap or Ivory soap 13% Bees wax 9 Resin- 2 Application filed November 18, 1929. Serial No. 407,004.

In a quantity where 1 lb. of beef tallow was used there was ounce of petroleum jelly, 3 ounces of white flake soap, 2 ounces of bees wax, and ounce ofresin.

The above mixture is boiled, preferably. While substitutions may be made for some of the substances above, the must all be the equivalent of the kind speci ed to be suitable ingredients for the dressing. The above dressing may be used for any leather, such as boots, shoes, harness, bags or cases. If a black polish is desired,-it may be made black by adding lamp black. The resin may be common rosin or any of its equivalent materials.

Having now described my invention, I claim- I 1. A leather dressing comprising a mixture of beef tallow 72%, petroleum elly 3.5%, white soap 13.5%, bees wax,9% and resin 2%.

2. A leather dressing comprisin a mixture of beef tallow 7 2%, petroleum elly 3.5%, white soap 13.5%, bees wax 9% and resin 2%, said mixture being boiled.

' JAMES W. M. SKINNER. 

